Noise insertion in CT for cocaine body packing: where is the limit of extensive dose reduction?

ConclusionsOur results indicate that dose of abdominal CT for the detection of intracorporeal cocaine body packets can be markedly reduced to up to 5% of the initial dose while still providing sufficient image quality to detect ingested body packets. However, a minimum effective dose of 0.21  mSv (10% of initial dose) seems to be required to properly identify incidental findings.

Source: European Journal of Medical Research - December 7, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: research